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Sowing Gospel Seeds
My name is Elizabeth. My story begins in Ukraine. I never knew my father—he was killed in an accident when I was only one year old. My mom couldn’t cope with the grief, soon turning to alcohol and other destructive habits that distracted her from the tragedy. Financially, she could not support us, so my mom packed us up and moved to a village in the heart of my country to live with my grandparents. But her lifestyle did not change. She gave birth to my...
When They Ask
When your son asks you in time to come, saying, “What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean which the Lord our God commanded you?” - Deuteronomy 6:20 Do you ever wonder if your kids are watching and listening as you continue to pour into their...
Object Lesson: A FUN Way to Share the Easter Story with Your Ministry!
Editor's Note: Check out this Easter lesson plan from our friend, Corinne Noble! Easter Sunday Message (Gold Slime) Recap Good Friday Message On Good Friday we talked about how sin entered the world way back at the beginning, in Genesis 3 with Adam and Eve. Adam and...
Easter Preparation Frenzy
This month marks the countdown to Easter. Many church leaders have already participated in staff meetings planning for the extra services, the decorations, volunteer recruitment, special events, and promotion to the community. Many of you have ordered our Easter Guide...
Keeping Life Simple
Life can get wild and ministry can get crazy. When you don’t think things can get any busier, they can and they do. In my life I’ve learned “busy” is a relative term. What one person calls busy is not busy to another. The fact is no matter how you define busy it...
Discipleship Through the Tough Times
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house,...
Worship Jesus At Home This Christmas
Imagine if your pastor shared the following message the week before Christmas. "Here is our plan to celebrate the birth of Jesus this year as a church family. We have scheduled a 'decoration day!' You are all invited to join us as we decorate the sanctuary and set up...
101-Year-Old Seamstress Makes Dresses to Pack in Shoebox Gifts
A message from one of our D6 Conference sponsors EVA BOSSENBERGER IS USING HER TALENTS TO BRING GLORY TO GOD THROUGH OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD. EVA CELEBRATED HER 101ST BIRTHDAY ON SATURDAY, OCT. 28. Most mornings 100-year-old Eva wakes up between 3-4 and heads for...
D6 2018 – Spoken Word
D6 Spoken Word A growing sense of urgency, not anxious emergency But an emerging scene immersing teens in enough uncertainty That leaves them afloat. Tossed on waves too large for their boat And another coat of paint won't fix the problem. It starts from bottom...
What If Your Team was Challenged to All Move Towards the Same Goal?
Ever notice how your team is working exceedingly hard, but pulling in different directions? How would your job feel if your team was challenged to all move to the same goal? When your entire ministry team comes to one conference to learn, dream, and grow together you...
Dealing with Heart Rebellion
Most of the time when we need to discipline our children, we are confronted with both an incorrect action and an incorrect attitude. Sometimes, however, we encounter a right action with a wrong attitude. For example, suppose you tell your son to apologize to his...
Why I Recommend the D6 Conference
I often get asked the question, “What ministry conference do you recommend?” I’ve been to quite a few! As a church planter, I’ve done that round of conferences. As a children’s ministry director, I was able to attend quite a few focused on that area as well as those...
One of the Best Decisions We Ever Made As Parents
I need to start off by confessing this was not our idea. We stole (ahem, borrowed) it from some friends (thank you, Kyle and Sarah). A few years ago, my wife and I took a parenting class at our church and this was our big aha moment, our top takeaway, our immediate...